convince

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /kənˈvɪns/
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: [khənˈvɪns]
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• New-Zealand: /kənˈvəns/
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• rhymes with -ɪns
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• CMU ARPABET: K AH0 N V IH1 N S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Latin convincō (“to refute, prove”), from con- + vincō (“to conquer, vanquish”). Doublet of convict. Displaced native Old English oferreċċan.

94 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: أَقْنَعَ (ʔaqnaʕa) — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Arabic: أَقْنَعَ (ʔagnaʕ) — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Arabic: أَقْنَعَ (ʔaqnaʕ) — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Armenian: համոզել (hamozel) — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Asturian: convencer — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Azerbaijani: inandırmaq — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Basque: konbentzitu — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Belarusian: запэ́ўніваць (zapéwnivacʹ) — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Belarusian: запэ́ўніць (zapéwnicʹ) — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Bulgarian: убеждавам (ubeždavam) — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Bulgarian: убедя́ (ubedjá) — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Catalan: convèncer — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Chinese Mandarin: 說服 /说服 (shuōfú) — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Czech: přesvědčit — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Danish: overbevise — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Danish: overtale — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Danish: overtyde — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Dutch: overtuigen — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Esperanto: konvinki — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Estonian: veenma — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Finnish: vakuuttaa — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• French: convaincre — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• French: persuader — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Georgian: დარწმუნება (darc̣muneba) — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• German: überzeugen — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Greek: πείθω (peítho) — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Ancient Greek: πείθω (peíthō) — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Ancient Greek: ἀναπείθω (anapeíthō) — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Hebrew: שכנע (shikhnéa) — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Hungarian: meggyőz — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Icelandic: sannfæra — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Italian: convincere — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Japanese: 説得する (settoku-surú) — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Japanese: 納得させる (nattoku-saseru) — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Japanese: 自覚させる (jikaku-saseru) — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Kashmiri: مٲنؠ راوُن (mạ̄n' rāvun) — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Khmer: ប្រលោម (prɑlaom) — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Khmer: អន្ទង (ɑntɔɔŋ) — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Khmer: បញ្ចុះបញ្ចូល (bɑɲcoh bɑɲcool) — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Korean: 납득시키다 (napdeuksikida) — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Korean: 확신시키다 (hwaksinsikida) — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Korean: 설득하다 (seoldeukhada) — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Latin: persuadere — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Latin: sibi persuasum habere — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Latin: convinco — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Latvian: pārliecināt — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Macedonian: убедува (ubeduva) — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Macedonian: убеди (ubedi) — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Maltese: ikkonvinċa — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Māori: whakapakepake — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Māori: whakakīkī — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Māori: whakawhere — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Mongolian: итгүүлэх (itgüülex) — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Mongolian: үнэмшүүлэх (ünemšüülex) — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Norwegian Bokmål: overbevise — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Old English: oferreccan — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Old English: oferstǣlan — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Polish: przekonywać — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Polish: przekonać — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Portuguese: convencer — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Romanian: convinge — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Romansh: cunventscher — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Romansh: conventscher — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Romansh: persvader — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Romansh: parschuader — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Russian: убежда́ть (ubeždátʹ) — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Russian: убеди́ть (ubedítʹ) — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Sardinian: cumbínchere — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Sardinian: cumbinci — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Sardinian: cumbínghere — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Sardinian: cunvinci — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Sardinian: cunvínciri — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Serbo-Croatian: у̀вјерити — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Serbo-Croatian: убе́дити — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Serbo-Croatian: ùvjeriti — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Serbo-Croatian: ubéditi — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Sicilian: cunvìnciri — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Sicilian: cummìnciri — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Slovak: presvedčiť — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Slovene: prepríčati — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Spanish: convencer — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Spanish: llevar al huerto — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Spanish: llevarse al huerto — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Swedish: övertyga — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Telugu: నమ్మించు (nammiñcu) — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Telugu: ఒప్పించు (oppiñcu) — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Turkish: ikna etmek — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Ottoman Turkish: اقناع ایتمك (iknâʼ etmek) — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Ukrainian: переко́нувати (perekónuvaty) — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Ukrainian: перекона́ти (perekonáty) — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Venetan: convinçer — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Venetan: convinser — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Venetan: convinçar — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
• Vietnamese: thuyết phục — to make someone believe, or feel sure about something